BOBJ BI Suite 4.1 - Upgrade Experience and New Features
Recently ComeritLabs updated one of our servers running the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 suite to BI 4.1 SP1. This update to the application suite provides enhancements with the System...
View ArticleUpgrading SAP BI: Features of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.1
We just finished updating our BI 4.0 server to Dashboards 4.1 to assess its new functionality. The update to Dashboards provides some enhancements for support on mobile devices as well as improved...
View ArticleBI 4.1 and BusinessObjects Analysis - What Is New
My team and I have been using BI 4.1 for about 2 months. In that time, we’ve had a chance to test some of the exciting new features of BI 4.1. Today we’re going to tell you about the changes and new...
View ArticleWhat's changing with SAP BusinessObjects BI Tools in 4.1?
With their recent upgrade to SAP BusinessObject BI 4.1 SP1, Dr. Berg and the ComeritLabs team are now testing out the new features of SAP BusinessObjects tools. Join our online chat with them on...
View ArticleWhat's New in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
At ComeritLabs, we have upgraded and been using BI 4.1 for the last eight weeks. In that time, my team of developers and I have had a chance to test some of the new features of WebI. In this blog we...
View ArticleBI Upgrade Q&A: Steps, best practices and tips for moving to SAP...
BI expert Dr. Bjarne Berg and the ComeritLabs team took reader questions and shared tips based on their own recent BI 4.1 upgrade experiences.
View ArticleA Quick Tour of HANA for Beginners
After having worked on HANA for several years I often forget that for many this is new technology. In this quick tour of HANA we are taking a look at basic navigation, how to build tables, virtual...
View ArticleSAP BusinessObjects Design Studio - A Beginner's Guide
In this blog we take a quick look at the features of Design Studio. We explore the basic functions and also look at the capabilities of this new interesting tool from SAP.OverviewDesign Studio is a far...
View ArticleTop-10 BI 7.x performance tuning tips
By Dr. BergTOP-10 BI 7.x Performance Tuning TricksLately my team and I has been working on performance tuning efforts for BI7.x customers. Much of the performance issues are due to technical...
View ArticleSAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: What's New in Version 1.3
In this blog we take a quick look at the new features included in version 1.3 of Design Studio. We explore the major additions and changes that are expected to be included in the next release.Overview...
View ArticleSAP Lumira - An Introduction
Last year SAP enhanced their tool called Visual Intelligence and made it much more user friendly. In general, the graphs became more advanced, while the self-service data visualization development...
View ArticleSAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: What's New in Version 1.4
In the previous blog, we explored the cool new features of version 1.3 of Design Studio. In this blog, we take a look at the upcoming new features in version 1.4. We explore some of the major additions...
View ArticleQuickly Move Your SAP BW System to SAP HANA Using the Database Migration...
BI Expert author Dr. Bjarne Berg along with his COMERIT colleagues Rob Frye, Jesper Christensen, and Joe Darlak take readers' questions on BW database migration to SAP HANA using the DMO migration tool.
View ArticleSAP BusinessObjects Design Studio: What's New in Version 1.5
In this blog, we take a quick look at the new features included in version 1.5 of Design Studio. We also explore a few of the enhancements and additions to the tool and discover how these new features...
View ArticleInteractive Workshop: Field-Tested Techniques for Gathering and Interpreting...
At Reporting & Analytics 2014 INTERACTIVE, Dr. Bjarne Berg of COMERIT shared real-world dashboard projects and key considerations you must factor into dashboard scoping and requirements gathering....
View ArticleThe Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Top -10 Pitfalls
I am often asked what are the top-10 issues and mistakes made when using SAP BI as an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). At the Information Management Conference 2010, I sat down and spent some time...
View ArticleFederated Vs. Centeralized Vs. De-centeralized Data warehouse
-- by Dr. BergLast fall I was speaking at an SAP conference in Australia and was asked what the realistic options were for developing EDWs.After 20 years in this field, I strongly believe that there...
View ArticleOutsourcing BW - Does it make sense?
-- by Dr. BergA long time ago, at the first 'Meet-the-Expert' sessions at first WIS SAP BI conference in 2003, I was asked if outsourcing BW ever would make sense by many of the participants. This...
View ArticleWith Bw 3.5 almost out of support - why BI 7.x?
- By Dr. BergWhen SAP launched SAP BW 2004s in the summer of 2005, and made it generally available under the name BI 7.0 in March 2006, there were many questions about the need to upgrade. First, SAP...
View ArticleWhat Should I pay - Some BI survey results
By Dr. BergIn the new economic environment with almost 10% unemployment in the UK and US and high everywhere else, there are a lot of nervousness about jobs, pay and the future of BI organizations.So,...
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